House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Freedom of Religion Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 590.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 9, January 16, 2019, Page H677):Article 1, section 8, clause 4 Article 1, section 8, clause 3 Article 1, section 8, clause 1 Article 1, section 8, clause 18 First Amendment Fifth AmendmentSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 156 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 590, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/590
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
136 cosponsors — 136 Democrats
0 of 136 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and 106 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.